Friday, May 27, 2011

The worth of a woman

When Adam was given dominion and charge of the animals in the garden his job was to name, and whatever he named, that's what it was. See Genesis 2:19.
He fell into a deep sleep and when he awoke he sees woman and it's his job to name her. But this is not a another animal, this is a beautiful, worthy, wonderful creature, custom built to be his partner. He cannot merely name her, the only way to do it is to break into poetry (Genesis 2:23)

"This at last is bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she shall be called Woman,

because she was taken out of Man"

Woman is as superior to animals as poetry is to prose. And if that doesn't cause your eyes to glaze at the humongous magnitude of difference I have provided an example. Compare: You are a woman who is physically attractive to